Things I Marvel About...

Ok, maybe it is the hormone crash two weeks after delivery or the sleep deprivation or maybe it is the crazy life that I have led over the past 3.5 years with Kylie, but a few things have been on my mind and I do believe I feel inclined to share...

April 1, 2009 we went to the doctor for my first check up on my fourth pregnancy, I was 10 weeks along, only to find that the tiny child's heart beat had stopped the day before...
April 6, 2010 one year and five days later our little Devin was born.

Newborns have the ability to breathe suck and swallow, that's how they nurse or take a bottle. It is a rhythm that some preemies struggle with. Most moms never consider the skill. After Kylie, David and I are amazed at Devin's abilities. For the first few days I kept waiting for him to choke and cough and reflux everywhere. David has given him a bottle a couple of times and we both are shocked how he can lay down to take it. It is simply amazing how many tiny miracles are in place for each little life.

Flat feet. Flat feet amaze me. I forgot about tiny flat feet until one day last fall, I was watching one of my friend's one-year-old. Her feet got little crumbs on them from my dirty floor. I had forgotten that tiny feet could get dirty. Kylie's feet rarely actually touch the ground and even then they are no where close to flat. I have prayed to have another child with flat movable feet. I absolutely love Devin's feet.

Along with that is fingers that open and close and that will lay flat, flat against me and relaxed, all things that I marvel at how the human body can work and move and wiggle and feel. We are so blessed.

And lastly squishy skin--this may sound a bit gross, but soft squishy skin is beautiful and fun to touch and...I really may spoil this child...I don't know if the little perfections in a baby have ever been appreciated so much.